Chandigarh, Feb. 22 -- A 25-year-old youth was caught fraudulently securing expensive medicines for free under the Ayushman Bharat scheme from PGIMER's Amrit Pharmacy using stamps and indent books of hospital's urology department.

Hailing from Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, the accused, Raman, had been securing the medicines, each costing Rs.30,000-35,000, over a span of two to three days under the false pretext of getting them for different patients. On his third visit, the pharmacy in-charge, Sunpreet, became suspicious when Raman couldn't provide details of the patients or doctors. As he attempted to flee, he was caught by PGIMER security and handed over to police.

Upon investigation, a urology department's indent book and eight departmen...